Strip for weaving and like purposes.



L. S. & M. SAMUEL.- I STRIP FOR WEAVING AND LIKE PURPOSES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30.1913. 1

1,175,303. Patented Mar. 14,1916.

LEOPOLD S. SAMUEL AND MOSES SAMUEL, 0F NEWARK, JERSEY.

STRIP FOR WEAVING AND LIKE PURPOSES:

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

Application filed June 30, 1913. Serial No. 776,527.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEOPOLD S. SAMUEL, and Moses SAMUEL, citizens of the United States, and residents of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Strips for Weaving and like Purposes, of which the following is-a speclfication.

This invention relates to a strip that is to be used for different purposes, and it is particularly designed for a strip that can be used in weaving and also in making portieres, rugs, carpets and the like, the strand being adapted to be of good body so as to give a resilient effect, but also being strongenough to withstand the beating and also to withstand the tensional strain which comes from the action of the shuttle when drawing the strand through as a woof in the weaving operation. The strand as designed by us gives a pleasing effect to the eye, and we can utilize any colors, either contrasting or neutral colors, and these colors can be suitably arranged, and we prefer to use in this strand waste material which can be assembled to make the strand and provide a structure which fills every requirement.

In using fibrous material or loose strands, such as can be found in silk floss or yarn waste, the material is in indeterminate lengths and is also easily stretched so that when subjected to a strain in weaving, such as that induced by the movement of a shuttle, the strand would be elongated and stretched so that it would be thin, and the resultant rug or similar built-up structure or fabric, would be thin. We provide a filling which is not subject to stretching as the covering material is, the filling being either embedded in the outside material or twisted therewith, the filling adding body to the strand and also giving it the necessary strength to withstand the tension to which it is subjected.

Specimens of strands that indicate the nature of our invention are illustrated in Figure 1 IS a side view of a fragment of a strand consisting of a filling of felt or the like covered by yarn and in turn wound by a binding strip. Fig. 2 is a view of a filling and the fibrous material, these being twisted together. Fig. 3 is a view showing a filling and body material or material forming the body portion twisted together.

In Fig. 1 is shown a filling 10 which is a strand of felt or any other suitable material, and we can use scrap material if necessary, such as felt roundings, the filling forming an element for limiting the stretch or expan- 1 sion by tension of the finished strand. Around the filling we wrap material 11 which is of a fibrous nature, such as silk floss, yarn waste, silk waste, or any other similar material which is easily stretched, this being wound around the filling to form a complete strand. When desired we may wrap the strand with a binding strip 12, although this is not a necessity.

In Fig. 2 we show fibrous material 16 and a filling 17 which, in the illustration, is

shown as a strip of felt or the like, these materials being twisted together,the lower part of the figure showing them more closely twisted, but it will be understood that the amount of twisting is not predetermined, since for different kinds of uses, a different amount of twisting will be required; In this construction the strand 17 which forms the filling, gives body to the strand, is less pliable and is not so easily stretched and withstands the usage in a loom.

In Fig. 3 we show a filling strand 18 which, in the illustration, is a strip'of felt, which felt is twisted with a sheet or strip 19 which is made up of separated pieces,

-these when twisted being wrapped so that they form a substantially round structure or strand and give a pleasing effect to the eye.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is 1. A strip for weaving and the like con-' sisting of a filling formed of a strip of felt, and weak fibrous material twisted with the filling.

2. A strip for weaving and the like consisting of a filling formed of a strip of felt,

and yarn supported on said filling, said we have hereunto set our hands, this 27th yarn being incapable of alone standing the day of June, 1913.

strain of Weaving.

3. A strip for Weaving and the like con- 5 sisting of yarn Waste, and .a filling consist- L k ing of a felt strip in the yarn Waste whereby Witnesses: the Waste is made capable of being woven, WM. H. CAMFLELD, In testimony that We claim the foregoing, M. A. JOHNSON. 

